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Sustainability and engineering undergraduate degrees

Are you interested in making our buildings, towns and cities better places to live in? Explore our undergraduate degrees exploring all aspects of sustainability and the built environment.

Launch your career in sustainability and sustainable engineering

The unique blend of applied skills and knowledge you gain during your studies will prepare you to launch a successful career helping build a sustainable built environment, wherever you wish to work in the world. During your degree, you will have opportunities to learn from industry professionals working across sustainability and the built environment.

World-class, research-led education

You will learn from our leading academics actively researching to create a deeper understanding of the interactions between the built environment and health, human wellbeing, productivity, energy use and climate change. We are part of The Bartlett, ranked #1 for built environment studies in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024). Our faculty is where the UK’s most ‘World Leading’ and ‘Internationally Excellent’ built environment research is undertaken in the UK (REF 2021).

Study in London - #1 city for students in the world

London has been rated the best city for students in the world (QS Best Student Cities 2025). Filled with night life and culture, there's plenty to do outside of your studies. Our campus is in the centre of the city, at the heart of all the action. Find out more about student life in London.

Our degrees

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Sustainable Built Environments, Energy and Resources BSc

The time to act on climate change is now. We need a new generation of experts with the skills to make our buildings, towns and cities more sustainable, healthier places to live. UCL’s Sustainable Built Environments, Energy and Resources BSc is designed to provide you with the vital skills needed to kickstart your career in sustainability, take action on climate change, and help build a better future.

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Sustainable Built Environments, Energy and Resources MEng

Do you want to become a sustainability engineer? Sustainable Built Environments Energy and Resources MEng is a unique solution-oriented undergraduate degree that combines every aspect of sustainability, from social and environmental science to resource economics and engineering, to give you the skills needed to take decisive climate action and help build a sustainable future.

Engineering and Architectural Design MEng

Engineering and Architectural Design MEng

This course supports students in developing robust knowledge and experience of architectural, environmental and structural design and engineering in buildings. This four-year programme has been designed in close collaboration with industry leaders to combine the major disciplines of architecture and engineering of the built environment and prepare graduates to be future industry leaders.

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